The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-12
MISCELLANEOUl

ONE man was crushed to death and five
others badly hurt by the caving Of gravel
bank near Fort Worth, Tex, recently.
A GAS well yielding nearly 1900, 600 feet
of gas a day has been discovered near Fair
mount, Ind.
THE other evening an encounter occurred
between Mexican customs guards and a
band of smugglers few miles below
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. One guard was
killed and it was reported that one Snug
gIer was mortally wounded. The remainder
escaped with their booty.
ABOUT eight hundred settlers were ousted
by troops from the Crow Creek ON. To-
reservation. A band of painted and armed
Indians was said to be following the
soldiers and celebrating the evictions.
PAUL GRoITTKAU, the noted Milwaukee
anarchist, has been convicted of melting to
riot A new trial has been asked on the
ground that the prosecution treated the
jury.
CHICAGO saloons on the police black list,
to the number of 200, have been ordered
closed.
Two men named Brown and O'Hara, who
| were sitting on the Baltimore & Ohio
track, near Snowden station, Pa, were
struck by shifting engine the other night
and instantly killed. The bodies of both
were horribly mangled.
SEVERAL of the pearl fishing boats,
thought to have been lost in the recent hur-
ricane of Western Australia, were blown
| out to sea and have returned.
THE Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
has instructed its secretary to enter pro-
test against the Milwaukee & st. Paul and
Omaha roads for making special milling
rates to all points except that city and st.
Paul.
THE British steamer John Knox was lost
of Cape Race, n. F. All on board, about
thirty persons, were drowned The boat
was bound from Glasgow for Quebec.
REV. CHARLES W. WARD, the Englewood,
n. j., rector, recently accused of attempt
ing to murder his wife, was found dead at
the home Of Judge Drew, his counsel, al
Rockland Lake, on the 4th. 1t was sup
posed that he had taken an overdose OF
choral
THE earthquake of the Sd was extensive
| ~ experienced. The mountains in Mexico
were severely shaken, immense masses
falling to the base. At Wilcox, A. T, a
building was shaken down. At Winches
ter, A. T., volcano appeared, also one
near Benson. No one was reported killed
but the alarm was general, the Indians es
pecially showing terror.
The Canadian Manufacturers Associa
ton has adopted resolution unanimously
opposing any treaty between Canada and
the United States which will admit Amer
lean manufactures into Canada free OF
duty.
THE Fotheringham case was dismissed in
St Louis on the 4th, Judge Normile holding
that the offense was not committed within
his jurisdiction.
ALFRED HARMER and Charles Carrou
were killed near Glencoe, Ill, the other
evening while filing q circular saw, by the
explosion of the boiler, the engine having
been stopped.
ATTEMPTS made recently by physician:
OF South Carolina to discover whether the
remains of Peter s. Ney, buried near Sails
bury in that State, were those of Marshal
Ney, of France, failed because of the decay
OF that part Of the skull where the Marsha
had been trephined.
A FIRE in Julia street, between Magazine
and Camp streets, New Orleans, recently
destroyed g cistern making establishment
three brick buildings, boarding house, 9
double frame cottage and two story brick
building. Loss, 800, 600; insurance, sc 90
Two lives were lost.